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The world has been throwing lots of beautiful and inspiring things at me. I think it wants me to make stuff. I'm not sure what, but it's nice. Of course, the timing is a bit off, because of Finals, but I suppose the ideas can percolate. Or I could just not do the finals. I mean, algebra's done already, and nothing else matters. Right? Of course right.
Last night I went with a couple of other math kids to see Amadeus, put on by theater graduate students at Northwestern. I was surprised by how excellent it was-- the only other theater I'd seen here was an opera, which was just sad, from a theatrical standpoint. (It was better from a musical standpoint, I think, though I also have fewer critical skills from a musical standpoint. A lot fewer.) But Amadeus was for the most part quite beautifully done. The design was visually much simpler than I had expected, with mostly approximations to period costumes rather than the real thing, and scenes set through lighting and furniture. The set crew was costumed, and several of the changes had a really nice choreographed feel. The lighting and music supported the acting at dramatic moments, and the actors knew how to let it do that, and moved along with it in almost a dance. In fact the acting was all good, except that Salieri was exceedingly unconvincing when he was trying to be elderly. The three hours of performance moved quite quickly.
And a few days ago I came upon Lockpick Pornography, which you can read most of online. I found it surprisingly uplifting, considering it's mostly about people breaking into schools and having sex. I'm at a bit of a loss to explain why I like it so much, other than that it is definitely very queer, and I too would kind of like to break into schools and leave pro-queer propaganda around. I mean, I realize that propagandizing is morally dicey, and I'm not that likely to actually do it, especially if it involves breaking into places, but there is a lot of anti-queer propaganda around, and maybe it needs a little balancing? Maybe.
Also "Living On The Earth" is full of the assumption that the reader actually is going to go live out in a wilderness somewhere, maybe on a commune, and I like that.
I worry that anything I make is going to be irretrievably weird. My last few projects have not done much to give me a different impression. I know I should just embrace the weirdness but sometimes it's difficult. Like, I don't really like it when I'm dressed so funny that people yell at me on the street. Even if I like the clothes I'm wearing.
Last night I went with a couple of other math kids to see Amadeus, put on by theater graduate students at Northwestern. I was surprised by how excellent it was-- the only other theater I'd seen here was an opera, which was just sad, from a theatrical standpoint. (It was better from a musical standpoint, I think, though I also have fewer critical skills from a musical standpoint. A lot fewer.) But Amadeus was for the most part quite beautifully done. The design was visually much simpler than I had expected, with mostly approximations to period costumes rather than the real thing, and scenes set through lighting and furniture. The set crew was costumed, and several of the changes had a really nice choreographed feel. The lighting and music supported the acting at dramatic moments, and the actors knew how to let it do that, and moved along with it in almost a dance. In fact the acting was all good, except that Salieri was exceedingly unconvincing when he was trying to be elderly. The three hours of performance moved quite quickly.
And a few days ago I came upon Lockpick Pornography, which you can read most of online. I found it surprisingly uplifting, considering it's mostly about people breaking into schools and having sex. I'm at a bit of a loss to explain why I like it so much, other than that it is definitely very queer, and I too would kind of like to break into schools and leave pro-queer propaganda around. I mean, I realize that propagandizing is morally dicey, and I'm not that likely to actually do it, especially if it involves breaking into places, but there is a lot of anti-queer propaganda around, and maybe it needs a little balancing? Maybe.
Also "Living On The Earth" is full of the assumption that the reader actually is going to go live out in a wilderness somewhere, maybe on a commune, and I like that.
I worry that anything I make is going to be irretrievably weird. My last few projects have not done much to give me a different impression. I know I should just embrace the weirdness but sometimes it's difficult. Like, I don't really like it when I'm dressed so funny that people yell at me on the street. Even if I like the clothes I'm wearing.
